Nursery

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April 2025

This term, the children in nursery have been learning about the life cycle of a duck. They saw first hand the amazing hatching process and watched how the ducklings reacted to being in water for the very first time. Below are some of the learning opportunities that came out of such an engaging topic. Each duckling had their own personality. The ducklings whizzed around the pool, splashing the children as they dived to the bottom. A big thank you to the Barry family for looking after the ducklings over the weekend and to Incredible Eggs for making our learning come to life. 

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March 2025

Spring has arrived in Nursery. The children have observed daffodils and learnt about the different parts. They used tissue paper and card to create their art work.

March 2025

February 2025

This week, the nursery children celebrated National Tell a Fairy Tale Day by dressing up as their favourite fairy tale character. The enjoyed making magic wands, designing crowns and dresses with stickers, building castles with blocks, dancing to popular fairy tale music and making a picture graph of the most popular story we have read in nursery this term.

Below are some of the photos of the activities. Thank you to all the parents for helping your child to dress up and make the day so feel special for them.

February 2025

During the Spring term the nursery children have been reading the traditional tale; Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They read the story several times, learning the repeated phrases and talking about the different characters.  The home corner became the Three Bears cottage, and this is where the children dressed up as the characters and re-enacted the familiar story. The children made and ate porridge that was 'just right'. One Monday morning the children arrived at nursery to find out that someone had made the cottage a mess and the cottage had turned in to a crime scene over night. The children became detectives and had to hunt for clues in the cottage. They developed their imagination, writing and drawing skills while making 'wanted' posters. 

One day the nursery children received a letter from Goldilocks, apologising to them, for messing up the cottage and breaking baby bears chair. She asked the children to design a new chair for baby bear. Below are some photos of  amazing learning opportunities that the children have experienced this term so far.

February 2025

This term, the nursery children have been learning about traditional tales. Below is a sample of the art work they have produced. They had to decide which character was their favourite and use paint to represent their ideas. 

December 2024

Christmas in the Nursery has been a very busy time. We performed our very first nativity to our families, which was a great achievement. Below our some of the activities we have been busy doing, including making very special reindeer food.

December 2024

The nursery children posted their very special letters to Father Christmas. They worked hard to write their own name and draw a toy that they would like to get. On the walk to the post box they learnt how to cross the road safely.  When the children arrived back at Nursery they were met by the Nursery elf, who had brought hot chocolate and toast for everyone.

November 2024

Remembrance Day activities in the nursery

November 2024

The nursery children have been finding out about Diwali this term. They used colourful sand and 2D shapes to make Rangoli patterns. They listened to the story of Rama and Sita and tried on beautiful bangles. 

October 2024

The nursery children have been reading the 'leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. Below are their own creations.

October 2024

The nursery children enjoyed baking in the nursery this week. They used the carrots grown in the nursery garden to make carrot cupcakes. They had to grate the carrots carefully, measure out the ingredients, mix everything together and then use a spoon to scoop the mixture into the paper cases. 

October 2024

The children have enjoyed exploring clay this term. They found that their 'dough disco' skills were needed to squeeze and roll the clay.  They enjoyed adding texture to the clay with clay tools and printing tools. They dipped their finger tips into water and added it to the clay to make it shiny and wet.  The next step for the children will be to use their clay modelling skills to  make individual models with the clay.

September 2024

A very big welcome to all the nursery families this week. We have completed our very first week together and I am so pleased  on how you have all played so well with the resources and have started to make new friends. I have attached a few photos of you learning in the different areas.